非洲是一個大陸, 而格陵蘭不是。

Africa is a continent, but Greenland isn't.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 非洲 Fēizhōu
  1. Africa
  2. abbr. for 阿非利加洲 Āfēilìjiā Zhōu
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=4 大陸 Dàlù mainland China (reference to the PRC)
=4 大陸 dàlù continent; mainland

classifiers: 個, 塊
5 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
6 格陵蘭 Gélínglán Greenland
=7 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=7 不是 bùshi fault; blame